This collection includes The Time Machine,The Island of Doctor Moreau,The War of the Worlds,The First Men in the Moon and The Invisible Man - all collected in a stunning leather-bound omnibus.Five of the best science fiction novels by the Grandfather of Science Fiction: unsurpassed in their timeless capacity to thrill and transfix,these are tales that reach to the heart of human ambition,fear,intelligence and hope.The Time Machine was Wells'first major piece of fiction: a haunting vision of a far future earth orbiting a sun cooling to extinction.The War of the Worlds: still considered by many to be the best novel of alien invasion ever written.The Island of Doctor Moreau: with its terrible creation The House of Pain,this tale anticipated our terror of genetic engineering.The Invisible Man: the classic study of scientific hubris.The First Men in the Moon: a Scientific Romance,a fantastical voyage a dystopian nightmare revealed.
Publisher: Orion Publishing CoISBN: 9780575095205Number of pages: 688Weight: 980 gDimensions: 160 x 236 x 44 mm
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